Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-09-14

P1pet lhan ne cared TO think of.
Besides, he really admired Mrs Somers.
anu IL enraged him TO see her show this
marked preference for Brandon.
That morning both ladies had bona5
10 secure him for an hours chat: il was
unfortunate that the houe of botb
should be fulfilled and vet banIad
Minna wished to have him all To her
selti 1t was really most provoking that
Elementina's wishes clashed with hers
Are you going TO Mrs. Eaton's tins
atternoOnrn asked the latter. in the
soft hsplng tones her friends stigma.
tized as 'absIrdly affected, - but which
many people thought charming.
eS-that is II you and Mrs. Des-
mond VIII be there" replied the gal
liant little man, promptly,
Mrs. SOmeTs' blue ewes clouded-
This was hot at all what she v-nted.
Mlnna's face frightened; evidently
Brandon did not care much for dear
| Clementina'S society.
Yes, l shall certainly go" she said.
shedding her brightest smile on FItz
u thought, Clementina, you meant To
/ drive out To Richmond 10 call on Old
| Lady Merryweather," she added
sweetly, 1T the same time darting a
laif-dehant glance across at Clemeu-
/ tina.
so Richmond" echoed the other,
/ arching her delicate eyebrows; ''the
| dust would be simply iutolerable. and
/ old lady Merryweather is my aversion.
/ Besides, l never like TO miss one of
| Mis-. Eaton's matluees. You know
\ how dOte ON muSIc.n
w hat tibl'' thought Miuna. 81
/ don't believe she knows Rule Brit
] -
/ But she made no audible remark. and
/ the three arranged to meet later at
/ Mrs. EatOn'S.
Clementna had 4 charming little
house in Park street, and she prided
| herself greatly on the artistic arrange
ment Of her rooms. Her establishment
. was small, but the servants were ad-
| mIrably drilled and kept up to the
/ mark 10y 4 young lady-a COusiu-who
/ acted as sort Of satellite or humble
/ companion TO the fair widow. Indeed,
. much of the credit Mrs. SOmers re-
ceived for perfect taste, both in per-
/ sOnal and household adOrnment, should
have been placed 10 this young lady 5
| account.
On returning from her matutlnal
airing in the Row, Clementina was not
IN the best of tempers, and Mary Grey
had rather bad time OF il. Everything
was wrong; the outlets at luncheon
were pronounced uneaJable, the claTet
corked, the flowers f,ded, and the lap
dogs condition anything but what II
should be.
Fortunately Mary had the command
OF temper proper 10 a dependent and a
poor relative; she listened 70 all the
complaints IL silence with eyes meekly
4 rFrF
her stOmlry duty of dressing her
patrOuesS, for Mrs. SOmers kept no
maId; Mary was more skIlIful and 81
much cheaper than the ordinary run OF
/ AbigaiiS. without eyIncIug a sCintilla
of the wrath that was smU.Gerlng IN hsI
bosom.
But when the lady had departed,
avrlyed in full war paint and feathers,
IS the irrevereut Miss Grey put it, the
humble companion performed a sort Of
pas d'exJase round the room, looked
. AZ herself IN the glasS-sLe WAS very
pretty, for her gray eyes were very eN'
. uresslve. and her complexion was SIM
ply peTfeCt-suoJk her list at the lAl
dog, sang a snatch of a popular French
caausOuette, and finally subsidized into
The most comfortable easy chair in the
room, and drew from her pocket a let
ter, which she read more than once.
'sAh, my dear Cousin CIementiua, =
she SAID aloud, smiling malIciOusly, a.
she carefully ref0lded the letter anC
put Il back into her pocket, ''yOu art
very well IN your way, toleTably gOOC
+ looking. when en- gTaEds tenue, Du
D. no. clever. There's . great deal mOr,
on your head than II - Why, YOU ar,
not even clever enough tO-Here sh,
} paused. auJ 4 queer smile nuttereC
$ over her rosy lips.
- We'll, well. but I confess I should
5 Ike 10 balance the social scales mOr,
Justly" she mused, thOughttully, trdc
NJ out the pattern OF tie carpet witt
p her pretty foot. II do think 1t har,
| that Nesdames SOmeTs, Desmond !
D Co. should have ali the pleasure and
] all the trouble and Worry. VIII,
} . shouldn't l have my amusements too
{ OF course, can always have the fun
/ OF laughing at my dear cousins weak
uessss behind her back, but have L
! do IL so often that il pals. L reall
/ must strike out something new. lie
. me thinkI"
: For some minutes the young lad
: sank into a brown study, puckeTlni
her white forehead into thOughtiu
; frown and drawing quite network Q
). designs on the carpet with the point
e her shoe. At last brilliant idea darte'
into her brain, and she started to he
[ feet with cry.
e "Eurekal That Will do. Nothin
: could be better. All, what fun L
b haveI Ny dear CiemeuUna, l sha
: be able to cry quits with you at las
|. You have made me pass many o.G
q quarter of an hour, III return for whlc
# | shall play you as pretty trlck a
II ever wOmau'S wit hatcheu!' ana 81
l. burst into a peal of such merry, slIVt
: toned laughter that the lap dog rouse
IF himself from his afternoon sleSta an
barked a joyous response
IS During the next few days Miss Grey
, manner was as demure as ever Will
d in the presence Of her patrones
n hut when evening came and Mr
= Somers betoOk herself to ball, T,
r ception or theatre, as the case mlgi
ar be, the young lady gave vent TO he
l. native high spirits by mlmlcklng h'
j cousin before the long mirror in Glen
eutiua's dressing room, waltZing VII
n the lap-dog, who loudly resented u
N liberty, or singing spTightly cL2sonett
IN in her fresh, clear tones. Mary ia
a. been educated IN a first rate PaTlsla
10 school. and had cOntriyed to imbibe
10 GOOD deal of French esprit along WI
- more solid accomplishments Is
n oCtauer she fell TO needleWorh WI
le . praiseworthy ardor, and when IN
er employed her spirits rose hlgher Ih1
u ever. She would often laugh alo'
10 from sheer inability To keep her nllI
IN TO herself, as she pictured and repl1
- tured in her busy mind what C!emeI
tIna would say and how Clementll
,a would look when her humble compa
~ Isn,s brilliant idea was fully matur
and carried out.
,k The rivalry Of the two widows q
a. not abate as the days went on
lie was seldom to be seen without one
~ other by his side. Bets were free